Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 1
And so the Lord went on, Meeting at every step Adventures wild and strange; Witches and sorcerers Sought to delay his steps, Until at last he came To Uktâkumkuk, or Néwfoundland, where his foes Had been, then fled away.
Who acts: Lord, Witches · What happens: go on, meet, seek, delay, come, flee away · To what, where: step Adventures, steps, last, Uktâkumkuk
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord, Witches), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 went | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Lord | det |
| 4 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Meeting | punct |
| 8 | Meeting | meet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 went | advcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 Adventures | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 Adventures | det |
| 11 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Adventures | compound |
| 12 | Adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Meeting | obj |
| 13 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Adventures | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 strange | cc |
| 15 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wild | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 Sought | punct |
| 17 | Witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Sought | nsubj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sorcerers | cc |
| 19 | sorcerers | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 Witches | conj |
| 20 | Sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 delay | mark |
| 22 | delay | delay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Sought | xcomp |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 steps | nmod:poss |
| 24 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 delay | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Until | punct |
| 26 | Until | Until | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 delay | obl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 last | case |
| 28 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 delay | obl |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 came | nsubj |
| 30 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 last | acl:relcl |
| 31 | To | to | ADP | _ | 32 Uktâkumkuk | case |
| 32 | Uktâkumkuk | Uktâkumkuk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 came | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Néwfoundland | punct |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 Néwfoundland | cc |
| 35 | Néwfoundland | Néwfoundland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Uktâkumkuk | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 been | punct |
| 37 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 41 been | advmod |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 foes | nmod:poss |
| 39 | foes | foe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 been | nsubj |
| 40 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 been | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 Uktâkumkuk | acl:relcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 fled | punct |
| 43 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 fled | advmod |
| 44 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 Sought | conj |
| 45 | away | away | ADV | _ | 44 fled | advmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | the Lord | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet | gerund | the Lord not said here | every step Adventures | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | seek | past | Witches and sorcerers | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | delay not said to happen | to-infinitive | Witches and sorcerers not said here | Lord's steps | last | Until obl | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent step=Source | ||
| 5 | come | past | Lord | Uktâkumkuk or Néwfoundland | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to uktâkumkuk=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | flee away | past | Witches and sorcerers not said here | then | away property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 7 | step | Lord | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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